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Tarkowski or Shaw | FPL PlayerComparison

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GW9 data · last compared 3 days ago

Defender

Tarkowski

Everton, EVE

Defender

Shaw 🏥

Man Utd, MUN

🏆 Tarkowski wins 6 of 10 of data comparisons

6.2M

Cost

4.2M

Total Points

6.6

Points Per Game

2.4

18.2%

Selected By

4.8%

Goals Scored

Assists

Clean Sheets

630

Minutes Played

425

28.2

ICT Index

23.1

1.0

Form

1.0

💰 Tarkowski is the value pick - 7.42 pts per £m (Tarkowski 7.42 vs Shaw 2.86)

🎯 Shaw is your differential (4.8% owned) - Tarkowski is the template pick at 18.2%

Fixtures

Everton

NEW 3 (A) - 2026-11-02
COV 2 (H) - 2026-11-06
BRE 3 (A) - 2026-11-23
LIV 4 (H) - 2026-11-29
AVL 3 (A) - 2026-12-02

Man Utd

CHE 4 (A) - 2026-10-31
AVL 3 (H) - 2026-11-08
LIV 4 (A) - 2026-11-22
BRE 3 (H) - 2026-11-28
NEW 3 (A) - 2026-12-02

📅 Tarkowski has the easier run over the next 5 (avg difficulty 3.0 vs 3.4)

FPL Advisor Recommendation

Tarkowski

40.2

Shaw

28.6

High Confidence

Recommendation: Transfer in Tarkowski

Key Factors:

More secure playing time
More favorable upcoming fixtures

Tarkowski (Everton, £6.2m, 46 points) is the better FPL pick over Shaw (Man Utd, £4.2m, 12 points) as of Gameweek 9, and Tarkowski also has the easier next five fixtures (3.0 vs 3.4 average difficulty).